N95 For NYC

Donate to Protect Our Frontline Healthcare Professionals

助力纽约抗疫捐赠倡议

Mar. 30, 2020

As the COVID-19 crisis escalates in New York City, hospital staff and other frontline professionals are facing severe shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE), as there is a supply shortage not only in the domestic market, but also globally. The lack of proper PPE would pose great risk to the medical professionals and patients alike. To protect our medical professionals is to protect ourselves, our loved ones and our community. 

We are a group of professionals in New York City working in art, finance, law, business administration and other areas, and have established a mutual aid group N95forNYC to secure resources and support for the medical works in our local community and the greater New York area.  As of today, we have secured access to a high volume of FDA-certified N95 respirator, surgical masks, medical protective coveralls and other PPE from trusted suppliers in China, from which we will order in bulk and distribute directly to NYC hospitals and first-responders over the course of the coming weeks. The suppliers in China are registered with FDA in the U.S. and are in possession of EC Certificate in compliance with European Union standards. 

 
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We are asking for your help to raise funds so that we can place our order as soon as possible to ensure their timely arrival to the U.S.. 100% of your donations will go directly into the purchase and delivery of N95 masks, surgical masks, medical protective coveralls and other PPE.

We will keep detailed records of our orders, shipping and funds distribution, and notify our donors in time of updates and progress. 

We are in direct contacts with frontier healthcare professionals and make sure that the supplies can be delivered to their hands without too much bureaucratic layers. Hospitals and healthcare providers we are in direct contact with (list will be updated):

NYU Langone Hospitals
New York Presbyterian Hospitals 
Healthland Medical Care (Queens)
RWJBarnabas Health (NJ)
Brookdale Hospital Medical Center (Brooklyn)
Mount Sinai West (Queens)
Long Island Jewish Medical Center (Long Island) 
Burke Rehab Hospital (Queens)

Medical Institutions please fill out this form to accept PPE donations:
https://forms.gle/V2RgwtTwo5W3txCM7


Testimony from Our Healthcare Professionals 一些医务人员陈述

I don’t know what happened in the early stage [of the outbreak], but many of my colleagues stopped coming to work... and many units had very few people working. They may have been infected and quarantined at home. After that, the hospital made a new rule: if [the medical professionals were] exposed in the containment area or infected, as long as we were experiencing no severe symptoms, we would still have to come to work. [Without the proper protective clothing and masks], it felt like being naked [with no protection at all].

First Goal 一期目标

We have secured an order of 10,000 Dasheng N95 masks, 20,000 Jinghong surgical masks, and 350 BIOSIS HEALING Medical Protective Coveralls with an ETA to receive the masks by next week. The unit cost of each N95 mask is $3.6, for surgical mask is $0.39 and for Medical Protective Coverall - BH500 is $20.

We will require at least $20,000 on top of our existing fund to place this order. The initial order is expected to arrive in New York by April 3rd, 2020.

(As of March 26, 2020, we have reached our first goal of $20,000. With this funding, we placed our full order listed above. Thank you!)

Second Goal 二期目标

After we reach the first goal, with every dollar you donate, we will use it to order more masks and other PPE in need. We're currently working on the second order and shipment!

Other Helps You Can Offer 所需其他帮助

If you have a car and want to volunteer to help us with NYC distribution you can e-mail Camila Nichols <camilanichols@gmail.com> with a subject headline “N95forNYC Distribution Help”.

If you are a ER and/or ICU frontline healthcare professionals, or a hospital supply administrator you can fill out the Form



Our Medical Supplies and Qualifications 医疗物资及标准

Dasheng N95 Masks
Our N95 masks are from Shanghai Dasheng Health Products Manufacture Company, Ltd. It's approved by NIOSH as an N95 respirator and also cleared by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a surgical mask. https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/topics/respirators/disp_part/n95list1.html

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BIOSIS HEALING Medical Protective Coveralls - BH500

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Initiators and Supporting Organizations 发起人和支持机构

Mengtong Guan 关梦桐
Hansi Liao 廖汉斯
Lynn Hai 海良
Echo He 何雨
Serena Huang 黄桦
Camila Nichols
Liu Xin 刘昕
Fangan Xu 许方安
Vivien Yu 余小茜
Ying Zhou 周颖
Yvonne Zhou 周媛
Jessica Zhao 赵荣茜
Fou Gallery 否画廊
Beyond Chinatown

 

Follow Us 关注我们

Instagram @N95forNYC
Twitter @N95forNYC
Hashtag: #N95forNYC

Contact 联系方式

媒体联络 Press Contact: Liu Xin <xin@slowimmediate.com>, Wechat: cynthialiuxin

捐赠联络 Donation Contact: Yvonne Zhou <yvonneyuanzhou@gmail.com>, Wechat: circlezhou

医疗机构联络 Healthcare Professionals Contact: Echo He <echoyuhe@gmail.com>, Wechat: echohenyu

On News - New York needs masks, gowns and ventilators 新闻汇总

  • “Fifty million surgical masks, 3 million N-95 respirators, 25 million gowns, gloves, and coveralls, and 15,000 ventilators: That’s the projected need for New York City’s hospitals and health care systems, according to Mayor Bill de Blasio” 

https://www.cityandstateny.com/articles/politics/new-york-city/new-york-needs-masks-gowns-and-ventilators-will-congress-come

  • “We are desperate”: Trump’s inaction has created a crisis with protective medical gear. Health workers battling Covid-19 now have to stretch their supplies in risky ways. 

https://www.vox.com/2020/3/22/21189896/coronavirus-in-us-masks-n95-respirator-doctors-nurses-shortage-ppe

  • "In the United States, there is a shortage of medical equipment. What’s going on?" 

https://www.nytimes.com/article/face-masks-coronavirus.html?auth=login-facebook